The Dairy Arts Center provides diverse opportunities to create, learn, and engage in high quality performing, cinematic, and visual arts experiences.
box office hours
Mon - Sun 12 PM - 6 PM or by email at office@thedairy.org
Our galleries are currently open to the public Monday through SUNDAY, 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM. Please see our event calendar for concerts, comedy, cinema and more!
Upcoming Events
Kim’s Video
Boedecker Theater 2590 Walnut St, Boulder, CO, United StatesTICKETS May 15-19 Physical media reigns supreme in KIM’S VIDEO, an elegiac tribute to the iconic video store in New York City that inspired a generation of cinephiles before it mysteriously closed its doors and sent its legendary film archive to a small Sicilian village for “safekeeping.” But what starts as an homage to cinema […]
The Women’s Committee presents Vauhini Vara
Private Residence Boulder, CO, United StatesTICKETS Join the Women's Committee for an exclusive conversation with acclaimed author Vauhini Vara as she discusses her latest literary masterpiece, Longlisted for the prestigious Story Prize and hailed as a notable book of 2023 by esteemed publications including Publisher’s Weekly and The New Yorker, "This is Salvaged" pushes intimacy to its limits in prose […]
Parlando: Third Thursdays!
MacMillan Family Lobby 2590 Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, United StatesThere is free music in the Dairy Arts Center lobby every third Thursday of the month! Music is provided by Parlando School of Musical Arts. Come enjoy some live music and refreshments from the cafe! All are welcome!
Coup de Chance
Boedecker Theater 2590 Walnut St, Boulder, CO, United StatesTICKETS May 15-19 COUP DE CHANCE is about the important role chance and luck play in our lives. Fanny (Lou de Laâge) and Jean (Melvil Poupaud) look like the ideal married couple -- they're both professionally accomplished, they live in a gorgeous apartment in an exclusive neighborhood of Paris, and they seem to be in […]
What the Constitution Means to Me
Grace Gamm Theatre 2590 Walnut St, Boulder, CO, United StatesTICKETS During its 2019 run on Broadway, What The Constitution Means to Me received a tidal wave of critical praise, two Tony Award nominations, and ultimately became a Pulitzer finalist. The New York Times hailed Schreck’s boundary-breaking show as “. . . not just the best play to open on Broadway so far this season […]
The Upstart Crow presents “Inherit the Wind” by Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee; directed by Max Cabot!
Carsen Theater 2590 Walnut Street, Boulder, United StatesTICKETS “An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral. And the advance of man’s knowledge is more of a miracle than any sticks turned to snakes, or the parting of waters!” A science teacher in a small Southern town defies the law when he teaches the theory of evolution to his students. His case […]
Coup de Chance
Boedecker Theater 2590 Walnut St, Boulder, CO, United StatesTICKETS May 15-19 COUP DE CHANCE is about the important role chance and luck play in our lives. Fanny (Lou de Laâge) and Jean (Melvil Poupaud) look like the ideal married couple -- they're both professionally accomplished, they live in a gorgeous apartment in an exclusive neighborhood of Paris, and they seem to be in […]
Kim’s Video
Boedecker Theater 2590 Walnut St, Boulder, CO, United StatesTICKETS May 15-19 Physical media reigns supreme in KIM’S VIDEO, an elegiac tribute to the iconic video store in New York City that inspired a generation of cinephiles before it mysteriously closed its doors and sent its legendary film archive to a small Sicilian village for “safekeeping.” But what starts as an homage to cinema […]
Boulder Ballet Presents Les Sylphides
Gordon Gamm Theater 2590 Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, United StatesTICKETS Boulder Ballet presents the historic ballet Les Sylphides, with Mikhail Fokine's original choreography refreshed by Artistic Director Ben Needham-Wood. Though inspired by the Scottish tale "La Sylphide," this ballet is one of the first to forgo a distinct narrative and instead focus on the ambiance and simple beauty of classical dance. Presented alongside Les […]
What the Constitution Means to Me
Grace Gamm Theatre 2590 Walnut St, Boulder, CO, United StatesTICKETS During its 2019 run on Broadway, What The Constitution Means to Me received a tidal wave of critical praise, two Tony Award nominations, and ultimately became a Pulitzer finalist. The New York Times hailed Schreck’s boundary-breaking show as “. . . not just the best play to open on Broadway so far this season […]
The Upstart Crow presents “Inherit the Wind” by Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee; directed by Max Cabot!
Carsen Theater 2590 Walnut Street, Boulder, United StatesTICKETS “An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral. And the advance of man’s knowledge is more of a miracle than any sticks turned to snakes, or the parting of waters!” A science teacher in a small Southern town defies the law when he teaches the theory of evolution to his students. His case […]
FNW: Stopmotion
Boedecker Theater 2590 Walnut St, Boulder, CO, United StatesTICKETS May 17 Ella Blake, a stop-motion animator struggling to control her demons after the loss of her overbearing mother, who embarks upon the creation of a film that becomes the battleground for her sanity. As Ella’s mind starts to fracture, the characters in her project take on a life of their own. (Robert Morgan, […]
Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company: MAD LIBrarians
Grace Gamm Theatre 2590 Walnut St, Boulder, CO, United StatesTICKETS Whenever this team of buttoned-up librarians hears about a fantastic new book, they go wild. In each episode, buttons go flying as the MAD LIBrarians craft a new book title based on your suggestions and then—right before your very eyes—they act, sing, and shout that book out full-blast. Come visit the library that can’t […]
Boulder Ballet Presents Les Sylphides
Gordon Gamm Theater 2590 Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, United StatesTICKETS Boulder Ballet presents the historic ballet Les Sylphides, with Mikhail Fokine's original choreography refreshed by Artistic Director Ben Needham-Wood. Though inspired by the Scottish tale "La Sylphide," this ballet is one of the first to forgo a distinct narrative and instead focus on the ambiance and simple beauty of classical dance. Presented alongside Les […]
Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema: Local’s Only
Boedecker Theater 2590 Walnut St, Boulder, CO, United StatesTICKETS May 18 Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema is one of Boulder’s favorite arts organizations, thrilled to return to our long standing partner venue, the Boedecker Cinema at Dairy Arts Center, for a screening and talkback celebrating Colorado dance filmmakers. Join us for a very special “locals’ only” screening! Colorado films of many kinds […]